Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-06-17
Important to Employees in Mines and
Manufactures.

Manufactures.
The following is copy of the bill pass
ed at the recent session of the Virginia
legislature:
To secure to operatives and laborers engaged
in and about coal mines, manufactures of
iron and steel, and all other manufactures
the payment of their wages at regular inter
walls. and in lawful money of the United
States.
l, Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That all persons, firms,
companies, corporations or associations Ill
this commonwealth, engaged in mining
coal, ore, or other minerals, or mining and
manufacturing them, Or either Of them, OF
manufacturing iron. or steel, OR both, Or
any other kind of manufacturing, shall pay
their employees as provided in this act.
2. ALI persons, firms, companies, cor
porations, OR associations engaged in the
business aforesaid, shall settle with their
employees al least once in each month, and
nav them the amounts due them for their
work or services in lawful money OF the
United States, or by the cash order as de-
scrioed and required in section three Of
this act, provided, that nothing herein
contained shall affect the right OF. an en-
ploye to assign the whole or any part OF
his claim against his employer.
s. That from and after the passage OF
this act it shall not be lawful for any per-
son, finn, company, corporation, or asso-
citation, their clerk, agent. officer or ser
want in this State to issue for payment OF
labor any order or other paper whatever,
unless the same .purports to be redeemable
for it's face value in lawful money OF the
United States, bearing interest at legal
| rate, made payable to employe or bearer
and redeemable By rt5he person, firm. com
pany, corporation or ASSOCIATION giving,
| making or issuing the same; and any per-
son. firm, company, corporation or assoclS-
zoe engaged in the businesses aforesaid,
their clerks. agents, officers, Or servants
who shall issue for payment OF labor, any
paper or order, other than the one herein
specified, in violation OF this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction shall be fined IN any sum not ex-
| ceeding one hundred dollars, in the discre-
ton of the court.
4. That from and after the passage OF
this act. it shall be unlawful for any per-
son. firm company, corporation or assocl-
alton engaged III mining or manufacture
| ing. either or both, as aforesaid and who
shall likewise he either engaged or inter
| eSted, directly or indirectly, III mercnan-
dizing as owner, or otherwise, IN any
money per centum, profit or commits sion
arising from the sale of any such mer-
chandise, their clerks, servants, officers OF
agents, to knowingly and wllfully sell or
| cause to be sold to any employe any goods
merchandise or supplies whatever for a
greater per centum Of profit than mer-
chandise and supplies of like character
! kind, quality INDIGNANTLY are sold to Other
! customers buying for cash and not en-
ployed by them; and if any person OF
4 member Of any firm, company, corporation
or association. his Or their clerk, agent OF
| servant violate this act. they shall be guilty
of q misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
! one hundred dollars, in the discretion OF
| the court.
| S. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent
with this act, be and the same are hereby
! repealed.